Match Report
Kashima Antlers went into the game 1st in the table on 76 points; Kashiwa Reysol sat 2nd on 75 — a 1-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Kashima Antlers 1.53 scored and 0.82 conceded per game, Kashiwa Reysol 1.58 and 0.89, with the league averaging 1.2.
Kashima Antlers had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Kashiwa Reysol, 10.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Kashima Antlers, 1 draw and 1 for Kashiwa Reysol, at 2.71 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 71%.
Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima, capacity 40,728, hosted the game. With 100 matches recorded and 1.3 yellow cards per game, H. Kimura was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, Kashima Antlers led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Kashima Antlers: Yuta Matsumura (90'), Léo Ceará (5'), N. Ueda (39') · Kashiwa Reysol: Tomoya Koyamatsu (43'), Yusuke Segawa (76')